Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Coming Soon... Custom Framing options!

The search for Custom Framing...

I have been looking to offer some framing options, particularly a custom collage type frame with 4 openings to display a baby's 3-6-9-12 month pictures. This seems to be impossible to find in your basic retail store, so I did some investigating and found a custom framer who can do this at a reasonable price - it will be directly through me, so need to make an extra stop!

Thanks to those of you who voted as I was considering the best possible style! Over 75% of you would prefer a black wood frame with 4 4x6 openings, so that will probably become the "standard" which I can buy in multiples and will be available at a slightly better price. For those of you who have a different preference, other sizes and moulding will be available, for a slight upgrade.

High-quality custom framing is never cheap but I should be able to offer it at a reasonable price (probably the $75-$95 range - yet to be finalized) compared to purchasing it at a custom frame shop on your own. The quality is significantly better than what you would buy retail (though nothing like this seems to exist anyway), as the frames will be actual wood and the double mattings are acid-free archival quality (most retail frames are just plain old paper that will not effect your photos well in the long run and many "wood" frames are actually pressed saw-dust).

I will also be offering a line of assymetrically-matted frames for larger prints, for those of you that want a modern look like me. Samples of both these will be in the studio in the next 4-6 weeks, and once they are I will put images up on the blog!